Spatio-temporal variation in sexual reproduction of the tropical seagrass Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle in Cape Bolinao, NW Philippines

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-354

  Rollón, René N ^a,b   De Ruyter Van Steveninck, Erik D ^a   Van Vierssen, Wim ^a,c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Graduate School   (Philippines)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age reconstruction; Depth; Flowering; Light; Reproduction costs

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; LIGHT INTENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEAGRASS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CAPE BOLINAO; LINGAYEN GULF; LUZON; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ENHALUS ACOROIDES; HALOPHILA;

EID: 0042627717     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(03)00070-6     Document Type: Article

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